No Plans Tonight? Watch the World's First Horror Movie

If you're skipping the costume and going straight for your pajamas and couch tonight for a scary movie marathon, boy have we got a treat for you. We'll admit that compared to The Shining or Paranormal Activity, this three-minute French flick doesn't come off as the most terrifying thing, per se. But Le Manoir du Diable (a.k.a. The Haunted Castle) is in a league of its own. Why? Well, it was the very first horror movie.

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It was made by Georges Méliès and is all about a bat that turns into the demon Mephistopheles. Thanks to cutting-edge effects from back in the day, viewers see a bat turn into a human before their very eyes and people appear and disappear into smoke. Another claim to fame? It featured the first vampire on film.